The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, September 22, 1921, Image 1
VOL. XXXVI. DR. M’NAUGHTON GAINS LIBERTY Famous Prisoner Granted a Parole by Governor Yesterday. Governor Hardwick on yester-. day granted a parole for Dr. W. , J. McNaughton, the Emanuel county physician serving a life sentence at the State prison farm on the charge of murder of Fred. Flanders, a prominent citizen of | that county, between ten and twelve years ago. Dr. McNaughton was jointly indicted with Mrs. Flanders on j the charge of murder, it being claimed that Flanders came to j his death through arsenic poison -I administered by Dr. McNaugh ton, the family physician, through conspiracy with Mrs. Flanders. She was never tried, but Dr. McNaughton has served ten years. During his term of service Dr. McNaughton has made a model prisoner. Especially have his services been valuable to the State from a professional stand point. Dr. McNaughton is a skilled physician, and throughout the past ten years has been a wonderful factor in preserving the health, and in many cases, the lives of the inmates of the State prison farm. This was es specially true through the epi demics of influenza, the physi cian being an expert in the treat ment of such diseases. It is very probable that Dr. McNaughton will open offices and a manufacturing plant in Atlan ta, for the practice of medicine and for the manufacture of a line of remedies which he has perfected. TUESDAY MEETING OF AUXILIARY. The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church meets at the home of Mrs. E. D. Adams Tuesday, Sept. 27, 4:30 p. m. The following program will be observed: Song—When You Know My Blessed Savior. Prayer— That Our Sunday School May be Efficient. Roll Call—Answer by Telling Whether You Attended Sunday School. Devotional —Ambitions of the Home. Our Church’s Evangelistic Pro gram— Sunday School Extension. An Ivestment That Pays. No Man Liveth Unto Himself. The Young People’s Council. God Answers Persevering Pray er. The Election Ballot. You or Me or Anybody Else. Freewill Offering. Business. Prayer—By S. S. Teachers. All members urged to be pres ent and friends invited. From Vidalia Advance. Miss Sallie Mae McWhorter, who is teaching in Mt. Vernon, spent’ Monday in Vidalia. Miss Alvena Phillips has re turned to Vidalia, after a month's visit to relatives in Soperton and Mt. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Folsom and Mrs. F. Lee Mcßae of Mt. Ver non were in the city last Friday. Mrs. W. T. McArthur, Jr., and Miss Thelma Elmore spent sev eral days in Macon last week. Miss Florence Adams of Mt. Vernon was here Tuesday. Miss Lavert Hall spent the week-end with relatives at Tar rytown. Mrs. M. 0. Outler of Cordele is visiting her son, Mr. L. C. Outler, here, and her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Peterson, at Petros. 31)p Hmttgcmprg iMnttttar. Married at Bainbridge Last Sunday Afternoon. Miss Ella Dickerson of Bain bridge and Mr. Mark L. Mcßae of Mt. Vernon were happily married 12st Sunday afternoon, ! the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. Shells of the Bain | bridge Baptist church. | The marriage, at the home of the bride, was witnessed by the immediate family and a number of friends. Miss Allene Mcßae, -j of Mt. Vernon, sister of the j groom, accompanied him to Bain bridge. The party returned toMt. Ver j non Monday afternoon, and the j j newly married couple will make | j their home here. Congratula | tions and best wishes. T Opened Bridge Hawkinsville. The big steel and concrete bridge over the Ocmulgee river ( at Hawkinsville was formally! opened last Friday, and the event was witnessed by a crowd estimated at 15,000. There were visitors from a hundred miles or more around. The exercises were held in the city auditorium, and the princi pal addresses of the day were! delivered by Governor Hardwick of Atlanta, and Gen. Walter Harris of Macon. Mr. F. B. i Waterman of hawkinsville acted, as toastmaster. Invocation by | Rev. Aquilla Chamblee, and the! address of welcome was deliver ed by Col. H. F. Lawson. The bridge bears a tablet to the memory of the Pulaski coun-, ty boys who gave their lives in l l the . World war. This was ac- j • i cepted in a pleasing address by | Hon. H. E. Coates in behalf of | the soldier boys. Mr. W. R.! Neal, chief engineer of the State , Highway Department also de-! livered an address. Other features made the event, one long to be remembered by j Hawkinsville and her guests for , the day. This splenhid bridge was constructed by the Dawkins! Construction Co., the firm which 1 is now completing the majestic structure them at Mt. i Vernon. The steel work was I done by the Pensacola Shipbuild ing Co. Weekly Cotton Letter. By Savannah Cotton Factorage Co. Advices from New York and New Orleans are to the effect I that investment buying sets in at ,18.50 to 19c. and cotton is sold out when figures above 20c can be obtained. Private Bureaus report the es- j timated condition at this time to ! around 38.5 to 40.0, indicating a yield of 6,000,000 to 6,500.000 ! bales. If the Government’s Re port to be published on October j 3rd shows a low figure, a rapid advance may follow. It is possi ble that a great many private re- i ports of a bullish nature may ■ frighten the trade and cause an ! I advance before October 3rd. The weather has been fair to good during the past week, and , picking and ginning have pro ceeded on a large scale. The j Ginners’ Report on October 3rd may show larger figures than in 1920, but, as stated in our last j letter, the rush will be over by the end of October; therefore the Condition Report should have more effect on the market than the Ginners figures- We see nothing to alarm own: ers of cotton, and still believe it j will be to the interest of farmers and others to market their cot. ton very slowly throughout the i season. Let your bank or cotton factor help you carry your cot ton. MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 22, 1921. PROPER TREATMENT WILL PREVFNT RUST IN OATS. The advent of the cotton boll ! weevil in destructive numbers is j now forcing the farmers of Georgia to turn from cotton to a more generalized type of farm-| jing. Reports indicate a further large increase in the acreage to be sown to small grains this fall. To grow these crops in competi-, tion with that of grain growing sections of the country the farm-* I ers of this State cannot afford to neglect any factor or practice ; which will increase the yield. Smut is practically always pres ent in oats and wheat from un- j ! treated seed, the damage varving j i from 1 per cent to as high as 30 j j per cent with an average of, about 5 per cent. Since this loss can be entirely eliminated by a simple method of seed treatment) no one can afford to neglect this practice. ! The treatment in most common use consists in dipping the seed for two hours in a solution made by dissolving one pint of com mercial formalin in 40 gallons of water. Remove the grain from solution, drain, and keep covered five hours then spread out and dry over night. In practice the grain in bags may be dipped into ; the solution and removed, and, after draining, piled together ! for five hours, then poured out ito dry. Recently more rapid and other wise more satisfactory methods have been, worked out and high ly recommended where tried. In one of these, devised and 1 tested at the Arlington Farm of. ! the United States Department of i | Agriculture, the grain is given l Longpond Dots. Special Correspondence ! Mr. Math McNeely of near Sandersville visited relatives here Monday. i Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire! i and little daughter of Odum are: I visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McAllister iand little son, Grady, Jr., spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. C. F. Ferrell and children of Mt. Vernon spent a short while with relatives here Monday last. We were very glad to have J with us last week-end Rev. J. M. \ Outler of Mcßae. Revival services at the Metho- j dist chmt'ch are being conducted !by the pastor, Rev. A. G. Brew j ton. Everybody is invited to at tend. Good Bee Pastures in South Georgia. ! | In many sections there is only , one principal honey plant, j Through the central states white! clover is the source from which | the bees gat her Nectar and gen-! erally that one plant gives a i very profitable crop. We have three plants that usually give us j a good supply of honey—poplar in April, gallberry in May and velvet beans in the fall. This , last is giving nectar now, but not |as freely as usnal on account of ! the dry weather. Before this plant was common in Southeast! | Georgia there was no fall crop and j ithe beekeepers “robbed the ; bees” in May only. It is not ;: wise to take too much of the fall i honey as the bees need it for : winter, but a reasonable amount I can be taken this month espeeial -Ily if the rain comes soon. Many other plants are of great benefit ; to the bees and we will tell i about them in our next item. ,‘They keep the bees alive and in , good condition between the main | flows of nectar mentioned above. I I Therefore, they are very neces ■: sary and of great importance in beekeeping. F. M. Baldwin. a preliminary soaking. It is dip- I ped in pure water ten minutes, piled and kept moist for six hours, then dipped for ten min utes in the formalin solution as above, again piled and kept moist six hours, and then spread out to dry over night. The presoaking allows more rapid use of a small »amount of formalin solution and greatly lessens the danger of in- i jury to the seed. ! In both of these methods the! grain is swollen and the amount I sown per acre must therefore j I be increased about 25 per cent, j- A method of “dry” treatments , has recently been highly recoin- j mended in certain grain growing regions. ! One pint of commercial forma lin is mixed with one pint of water and put into an ordinary small one-quart sprayer. This solution is sprayed onto the grain as it is shoveled over into a pile. The quart of solution is sufficient for 50 bushels of grain. The sprayed pile is then covered for five hours, in order to hold the! formaldehyde gas and allow it to act. The grain is dry and ready to sow at the end of the treat ment and is not swollen as in the soak methods. The gas from the solution will irritate the nose and throat of the workman unless the treatment is done in open air. Either of the three methods will give good results and the in dividual may feel safe in choos ing the method best suited to his own conditions. B. B. Higgins, Botanist. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Mrs. John Roberson and child ren of Savannah are visiting rel atives in this section. Miss Sudie Graham was the guest of Miss Annie Reynolds Sunday. A number from this section at tended preaching over at Alston Friday night. Mr. D. O’Brien was a business visitor to Mt. Vernon on Monday j morning. Mrs. J. M. Downie was the I guest of her sister, Mrs. Dennis O’Brien, Saturday afternoon. Miss Willie Meeks gave a pea nut boiling Thursday night. It was attended and enjoyed by a large number. Mr. J. W. Lett and family of Brunswick are visiting relatives in the community, i ! j Mrs. P. H. Daniels was the ! guest of her mother, Mrs. John ; T. Walker, Wednesday. Mrs. M. A. Peterson gave a I sing and peanut boiling Tuesday ; night in honor of guests from Savannah and Brunswick. It was very much enjoyed. The B. Y. P. U. and Sabbath | school next Sunday at the usual hour. We should be glad to have each member present. Prayer meeting at the church each Wed \ nesday. Come and take part i with us. Hemstitching. Mrs, R, M. Stanley of Vidalia has installed a Hemstitching Machine in the store of the Vida lia Hardware Co., and is prepared to serve the ladies with work of this kind. 9224 For best results, ship your cot ton to The John Flannery Com pany, Savannah, Ga. Liberal advances made on consignments. I Congressman Larsen SIF a Visitor Tuesday. ■ Hon. W. W. Larsen, congress man from the Twelfth district, spent a few hours in Mt. Vernon Tuesday last. He also visited other points in the county, con ferring with friendsand support ers, Mr. Larsen has made a good record in Congress, of which his constituents are proud, and his friends in Montgomery county i are glad to have him visit the county as often as possible. He | was accompanied by his son, j William Larseh. They will leave j shortly for Washington City to resume work. Program of the W. M. U. i To be held at Vidalia, Sept. 30. 10:00 Hymn— “Jesus Calls Us.” Devotional topic: “Service.” Mrs. J. T. B. Anderson. 10:20 Welcome—Mrs. H. P. | Wilbanks. , Response—Mrs. F. M. Smith. 10:30 Superintendent's mes sage and report. Report of district secretaries; personal service Chm.; Treds. 11:00 Review of each society— by Presidents. Prayer of Thanksgiving-Mrs. D. O. Calhoun. Solo: “The Son of God Goes Forth to War,” Mrs. T. L. W. McDonald. Some suggestions to awaken a country community— Mrs. J. C. Meadows. . 12:20 The missionary family I Mrs. E. K. Overstredt. Mrs. vice-president of the southeastern division of the W. M. U. is 'a splendid speaker and will have something interesting to say. . , 12:55. Appointment of commit tees. Adjourn for lunch. 2:14 Song—Jesus Shall Reign. Devotional- Topic: “Power,”: Mrs. T. R. Lee. Great watch \yord in unison, Phil; 4:13. Song—“My Faith Looks up to Thee.” 2:35 Reading: “Miss Bradley,” —Miss Luella Hudson. 2:50 “Keeping Step”—Miss Rhodes. Miss Rhodes, who is a j state worker for the W. M. U., ; i lends much encouragement and inspiration to the members. 3:30 Open conference. 4:00 Report of committees. 4:15 Song—“Pll go Where You | Want Me to go.” Consecration service: Leader, Mrs. O. O. Williams. 5:00 Adiourn. Evening service, 8 o’clock. Song: From Greenland’s Icy Mountains.” Devotional, Topic- More Light, Isa. 9:2 Rev. J. T. B. Anderson. “Song - “Send the Light.” “A message from Persia” — Miss Edna Bridges. Miss Brid ges is a returned missionary from j Persia. Her interest in the work I is noteworthy. Prayer by pastor. Mcßride Bros. Have Uvalda Ford Service. Mcßride Bros, of Alston have recently purchased the Ford Ser vice Station at Uvalda, for a number of years owned and ope-! i rated by Mr. P. J. McNatt, and! they will continue the business | along the same progressive lines as establisded by Mr. McNatt. Mr. Henry G. Mcßride is in charge‘of the plant at Uvalda. Mr. B. C. Anderson, who, for several years, has been with the Uvalda branch, moves to Mt. j Vernon and will be identified j with the headquarters station at; this place, owned by Mr. McNatt. - Mt. Vernon friends are glad to ! welcome Mr. Anderson and fami ly to Mt. Vernon. # SPECIAL PROGRAM MASONIC LODGE Considered Washington Me morial and Masonic Matters. Last Saturday witnessed an in teresting communication of Aural Lodge No. 239 F. and A. M., at Mt. Vernon. The entire mem bership had been invited under the seal of the Lodge, but the attendance was rather lacking. The day had been assigned for a general discussion of the George Washington Memorial, as the principal feature, and the Lodge was to have discussed and taken a record vote on the question of changing the Grand Lodge con stitution altering the initiation fee so as to include a certain per cent, additional, half of which is to go to the charity fund of the Grated Lodge and the other half to a similar fund in all sub ordinate lodges of the order. Af ter a preliminary vote on the question, it was deferred until next meeting, < a constitutional number not being present. The George Washington Me morial project was discussed by a number of the members, and as a result of which additional light was thrown on the subject. There not being a requisite num ber present to determine the ac tion of the Lodge on this ques tion, it also was carried over un til the October meeting. How ever, rather than sacrifice the opportunity, ten or a dozen mem bers pledged an amount necessary to gain for Aural Lodge a limited recognition, without cancelling the opportunity of having the Lodge act as a whole when the mutter is again taken up. TJ?e Washington Memorial As sociation has for its purpose the erection of a national Masonic temple in the ancient city of Alexandria, Va., where is situ ated the home lodge of George Washington, now known as ! Alexandria-Washington Lodge ! No. 22, of which the first presi dent of the United and other no table men have presided as mas ters. Each Lodge in the United States is asked to contribute to the fund. The membership of the Lodge will again be summoned under seal, and doubtless the urgency ,of a second summons will be more fully observed by the mem bership at the October meeting. Miss Ulna Granberry Dies After Brief Illness. Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 19.—The death of Miss Ulna Granberry, which occurred at 8 o’clock last night in Eufaula, Ala., is much regretted by her many friends. Miss Granberry was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Granberry, who live near Lump kin. She was a young lady who possessed many admirable and ; lovely traits of character, and i was much loved by those who knew her. Her illness was short, of only about ten days’ duration, and her death is quite a shock to her friends and loved ones. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and interment made in Wesley Chapel cemetery. Miss Granberry was a niece of Mr. N. L. Spooner of Mt. Ver non, and the only daughter of her parents, Mrs. Granberry be ing a sister of Mr. Spooner. She had been taken to Eufaula for treatment. The young lady will be remem bered as a former visitor to Mt. j Vernon, and friendsand relatives here are grieved to learn of her death. She was a most lovable young woman. Mr. Spooner left Monday to atten 1 the funeral service at Lumpkin. NO. 24.